Show TRIAL conclusion of the testimony Te Tes stimon tinion given on 01 saturday afternoon a mrs scoville sketches her brother s fonner life by W U telegraph to the sterald the following was learned from general jolin john A logan witness foi for the defense Q was there cre anything particularly hapl n noticeable in his appearance lt IL uc was rather peculiarly did clad for the season there being snow OH on the street at the time beeta feet a pair of sandals or rubbers ruber sor or something of th that atkind kind ho ile had no stockings he ile wore a light pair oi of pantaloons and a common ordinary coat A day or two afterwards lie came again apin to my room uninvited and rud insisted upon my signing his recommendation ommen dation reiterated the th same statement as before of hia his having a prociso se of a place if I would recommend him I again declined ohad in tho the meantime out of courtes courtesy read the speech lie ile wa was a littre little diore more excited at the interview than the first the second interview was short as I tried to dispose of the matter watter as quickly aa as pos biblo I said to him the first time I see the secretary of state I will mention your case to him I did not say I aou would a recommend him but simply that I would mention his case to the secreta y and I intended to boso doso do so but probably in a dit different way from what he lie supposed I would Q froin what you saw of the prisoner on those occasions and from what was said and done by li him lm did you form any opinion as to liia his mental soundness or unsound unsoundness nese witness I am not an expert and do not know whether I should ana ans awer the question the court you yoa may give an opinion in accordance with your observation witness I thought there was some derangement to his mental organization but to what extent I could not say when I went down to breakfast that morning I saw him at the table ns as a boarder I called the landlady and asked her if it she knew that gentleman she mentioned the name and said lie was a constituent of mine what was your expression of opinion to the landlady at that time I said this I dont think lio lie is a croper proper gentle gentleman nian to have in your boarding house she asked why I said I think h lie e is a little off in his beado head or some language of eliat kind what I meant and I said I thought he waa va a little crazy and slie she had bad better not have him in the boarding house about the conversation of that time tito croes cross examination was very brief and no new points developed mrs scoville then took the aland and gave a sketch of guiteaux Guite Guit aus caus life c commencing with hi bierly liia early erly a childhood when charlie was 12 years old he lie lived with witness a year in chica chicago o w where iero lie went to school sh she recollected nothing special about him there except lie was very affectionate and ahe she waa was much attached to him fito five or six years later he went to ann arbor to school sho she went to ann arbor to sec see him as av she had been in informed lie was goina going on worse than his fattier father had ever done one she found ho lie had abandoned his studies and was giving his whole time and attention to studying publications of the oneida community she argued with him for a whole evening appealing to him to go on quietly like other young men and give up that stuff her iler appeals madeno made no effect upon him bim lion hon ever and she made mado up her mind that he lie was crazy sho she told lier uncle c e who live at ann arbor to pay no more attention but let him go on liis his own way as he be was clear gone daft she afterwards visited him at the oneida community but had hardly any conversation with him as they were not left alone a moment together slie she noticed that lie acted like a person who had been bereaved struck on the head or had partly lost hia his mind the prisoner I had been there three years at that time and was right in th the e heart of their fanaticism witness went on to relate the prisoners history including liis his admission to the bar at which she was ve very 91 much surp surprised rifA his marriage and ins ills separation from liis ids wife down to the time he visited her in lVis wisconsin cons n in 1875 she noticed then a great change in his personal appearance ho ile was also very hard bard to get along wit with liand and used to get in a lii state he ile seemed willing to do anything ho lie waa was told but got very much befogged and could not do it she related an incident of his attacking liedwith her lier with an ax she had given him no provocation but had got out of patience with him it was not the ax that frightened her so much as the look of his face he ile like a wild criminal while the direct examination oi of the fitness was still in progress ro gress the court adjourned until monday monday |